Any birders out there?
25 April 2010, 05:42 PM
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Any birders out there?
Am I risking my small birds?
Just bought and installed agarden bird feeder and was fascinated to see a Jackdaw come down several times and take bits off it.
BUT: I'm not sure if a Jackdaw is a nest-robber in the same league as, say, a Magpie?
So do I encourage it, or has it got an appointment with Mr Webley sometime in it's future?
Just bought and installed agarden bird feeder and was fascinated to see a Jackdaw come down several times and take bits off it.
BUT: I'm not sure if a Jackdaw is a nest-robber in the same league as, say, a Magpie?
So do I encourage it, or has it got an appointment with Mr Webley sometime in it's future?
25 April 2010, 10:06 PM
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Wikipedia says they do eat chicks. But I'm sure with other food sources, that would be a last resort rather than a preferred food.... I dunno?
26 April 2010, 09:40 AM
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I don't think they are a threat:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...ame/j/jackdaw/
Carrion Crows, Magpies and Jays are the worst common garden birds for killing off fledglings. The Jackdaw is considerably smaller and not a threat to nesting birds with young.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...ame/j/jackdaw/
Carrion Crows, Magpies and Jays are the worst common garden birds for killing off fledglings. The Jackdaw is considerably smaller and not a threat to nesting birds with young.
26 April 2010, 10:14 AM
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Am I risking my small birds?
Just bought and installed agarden bird feeder and was fascinated to see a Jackdaw come down several times and take bits off it.
BUT: I'm not sure if a Jackdaw is a nest-robber in the same league as, say, a Magpie?
So do I encourage it, or has it got an appointment with Mr Webley sometime in it's future?
Just bought and installed agarden bird feeder and was fascinated to see a Jackdaw come down several times and take bits off it.
BUT: I'm not sure if a Jackdaw is a nest-robber in the same league as, say, a Magpie?
So do I encourage it, or has it got an appointment with Mr Webley sometime in it's future?
Les
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26 April 2010, 11:45 AM
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Oh I don't blame any bird that uses the bird feeder, that's what it's there for, but I HAVE watched heplessly as a pair of Magpies raided the nest of a blackbird and carried off every fledgling one after the other. Couldn't get a clear shot at the Magpies.
So I don't want to ENCOURAGE something that will kill the other birds' young at a later date.
So I don't want to ENCOURAGE something that will kill the other birds' young at a later date.
26 April 2010, 11:53 AM
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Yes I see the point and I would feel exactly the same if I saw that. Magpies are pretty untrustworthy in most respects too.
It is all part of nature of course but I would also want to protect the fledglings. I would also be having a go at them if I had the chance.
Les
It is all part of nature of course but I would also want to protect the fledglings. I would also be having a go at them if I had the chance.
Les
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